We break down where proposed legislation stands and what colleges should know about the aid available to them now. It’s been nearly seven months since Congress passed the only major coronavirus aid legislation yet, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Since then, lawmakers have introduced several proposals, but none have found bipartisan More Info »
Psychologists at Florida International University announced this week they’ve developed a website that helps people remember who they’ve recently been in contact with. Called CogTracer, the tool uses investigative interviewing techniques to help people who may have been infected with COVID-19 to more accurately list people they have been in contact with, said Deborah Goldfarb, More Info »
October 20, 2020: As noted in our webinar last week, the Department has released a final quarterly public reporting form for (a)(1) Institutional Portion, (a)(2), and (a)(3) funds available in PDF form here and Microsoft Word here. Institutions should use this final version of the form to publicly report. First reports are due to be More Info »
Principal Deputy Under Secretary Diane Jones and Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education Bob King hosted a webinar on reporting requirements for HEERF and other topics on October 14, 2020. Please find the following materials from the webinar: Webinar Recording Webinar PowerPoint Slides (PDF, 1.58 MB) Post-Webinar email to grantees (October 20, 2020)
By Arthur Keiser Before the COVID-19 pandemic, many politicians and education officials questioned the value and quality of online learning and criticized many of the schools offering online classes. Vice Presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris has a long history of suing schools offering online classes while serving as Attorney General of California. She once claimed More Info »
Colleges and universities should take certain steps now to guard against a combined outbreak this year, says the chief medical officer of a telehealth provider that partners with higher ed institutions. With flu season upon us, scientists worry about the impact that a “twindemic”—widespread influenza coupled with COVID-19 – could have on the American public. More Info »
A federal lawsuit against the University of San Diego is the latest asking for prorated tuition and fees to reflect the switch to online learning Hands-on learning. Face-to-face interactions. Study sessions in the student union. Workouts in the student gym. That’s what students said they signed up for — and were required to pay for More Info »
Last spring, college students across the nation had their worlds turned upside down when the COVID-19 pandemic reared its ugly head. Suddenly, the hustle and bustle of in-person classes, crowded dorms and carefree, informal campus gatherings came to a screeching halt. As a result, most classes transitioned online. Months later, online learning is still being More Info »
The pandemic has revealed that higher education was never about education. American colleges botched the pandemic from the very start. Caught off guard in the spring, most of them sent everyone home in a panic, in some cases evicting students who had nowhere else to go. School leaders hemmed and hawed all summer about what More Info »
Beyond the initial shock of mass unemployment, a growing hunger crisis, and widespread disruption of our routines, COVID-19 has begun to transform the business and employment landscape at a deeper level. It essentially hit the fast-forward button on pre-existing trends toward automation, robotization, and artificial intelligence (AI) as companies race to replace now-risky human contact More Info »